This article is nonsense. The Foundation was always a front for New Vector and their board is largely made up by New Vector employees. So of course they knew what was going on.
New Vector simply decided that the strategy to make Matrix appear as an open standard was against their business interests and thus left the foundation to fend for itself with obvious consequences.
Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
I did not know this. I’ve seen people recommend SimpleX on lemmy too, but probably they didn’t know.
Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
So happy the article linked to the Fediverse post, immediately liked and boosted it.
Never used SimpleX much really but will be immediately uninstalling it. Saw the guy’s tweets, he’s fucking insane, and retweets RFK Jr 🤢. Will do my best to inform others.
astute@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Me neither, this is actually disgusting, immediately uninstalled, a founder that has these views most likely shouldn’t be trusted with your data, anyway.
Lumisal@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This should be an awareness post on some tech communities
penguin202124@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Thank you so, so, so, so much for saying this!
vga@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Although I don’t oppose judging people because of their views, I wonder if software written by such people should be.
drspod@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
This attitude has worked so well for allowing the current crop of tech billionaires to grow and cement their influence over the entire world. If people would just stop using their platforms when they hear the CEO’s batshit views then they would be nobodies.
ideonek@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Are you asking if I insist that the minds behind my secure private chat have some moral standing and common sense? One would hope so. I wouldn't trust encryption made by anti-vaxer more than I would trust a plane put tougher by flat-earther. I don't want to be the hero of the next leopard eat my face song.
Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Views that seriously harm or endanger other people are dangerous.
If the founder would have opposing views in e.g. should we narrow down the car roads in cities and widen the pedestrian walks - ok. I think there’s a lot to this question, I think pedestrian walks should be wider, cars are dangerous, etc. But this is not as dangerous as:
“Do you deny scientific evidence that COVID is real and a real danger to a lot of humans”
Ofiuco@piefed.ca 3 weeks ago
Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
The write-up I’m referencing has some at the end. Maybe Delta chat?
penguin202124@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
XMPP?
vga@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Well… Matrix. I don’t think it requires self-hosting? It’s E2EE and there are plenty of public servers.
kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 3 weeks ago
why does matrix require you self hosting? There’s a bunch of free open-signup servers available
LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Honestly, I get why one would be discouraged by signal, but as long as your threat model is not “NSA and mossad have a price on my head”, I think it is still the best non-federated alternative. I’d rather take a flawed messenger with well regarded encryption than a beta version that nobody with time and crypto knowledge ever looked at.
belit_deg@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ve been using Keet for a couple of months now, really like it. Still in beta, but you can ask questions to the devs in the open chat rooms and they actually give you sound answers
unhrpetby@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It is forkable if necessary. I do think SimpleX is a great piece of software that shouldn’t be reinvented because of the founder.
Jaberw0cky@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Take a look at Delta chat? I can’t find a fault with it yet…
kayky@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
Is that it? We stop using better programs because we disagree with the creator’s views?
What a disgusting, childish world some of these people live in.
“I was going to buy that house, but the owner’s views made me reconsider.”
vga@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Yes, unfortunately that is the current reality. Note also the subtle hints this article points to: if you disagree with any of the tenents of our clique, you’re borderline evil. In this case, Matrix uses capitalism as a tool, which implies it is evil.